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Found verse...lost valley 15 February 2010 Found verse...lost valley
As the latest episode in the rape and destruction of the Douglas Valley landscape gets under way at Mainshill, I wonder what erstwhile civic leader in Douglas, William McQueen, who penned the following lines in the early part of the 20th century, would think of it all now. Particularly in relation to McQueens’ perception of the Douglas nobles as steeped in grace and goodness
‘Snuggling in a peaceful valley, on the Douglas Water side Hills o’ grandeur, plains inspiring, place where beauty canna hide Douglas Castle, famed in story, hameland o’ ancestral race Seat o’ noble thoctfu’ kindly, man o’ guidness, man o’ grace Toonie true to Scots tradition, toon o’ covenanter line Honest men and bonnie lasses, best o’a’ it does combine Set ‘mangst scenes o’ rugged uplands, miles away fae clangin’ toon Place romantic, place historic, place for dreamer settling doon'
The principal asset this valley had, as so aptly described above, is disappearing fast and can never be reclaimed. Kenny Sludden
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It is heartbreaking and so helplessly frustrating to see such a place of grandeur being torn apart at the behest of so few, in the pursuit of private profit. Despite overwhelming opposition, pleas to the incumbent Earl, and local and national government, to halt the ravages, have been condescendingly dismissed.